Thanks Paul and everyone else too. I suspect that's the best option. Any old DSLR with a kit lens would do. A phone or tablet is problematic as his hands are unsteady so something with an eye level finder is helpful in that he can steady it against his face and put on a tripod if necessary.
I like the under water housing idea, but guess that's impractical. A WiFi enabled camera and tablet remote is good and so is Larry's local kid idea. I'll pass them all on and let you know how he gets on. Chris On 1 Sep 2016 06:03, "Paul" <pentax1...@gmail.com> wrote: > How about an older generation DSLR. Put it on a tripod, pick a program > mode and control it with a wired remote. A DS or DS2 would be plenty good > for what he wants, both have jacks for a wired remote and could probably be > purchased for a pittance. > > -p > > > On 8/31/2016 4:21 PM, Chris Mitchell wrote: > >> I'm trawling the great collective wisdom of the PDML for a mate of mine >> who >> has MS and has lost the dexterity to handle today's small p&s cameras. >> He's >> got a load of stuff to sell and wants to photograph it to put on eBay. >> >> Has anyone got any ideas of what might suit him? I guess lightweight but >> with chunky controls. The way he put it was "I need the camera equivalent >> of those phones they do for the elderly/disabled with big, clear, >> manageable buttons, if such a thing exists". I suspect he will also have a >> fairly tight budget. >> >> Any off the wall / quirky / bright ideas appreciated. >> >> Cheers, Chris >> > > -- > Being old doesn't seem so old now that I'm old. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
